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Category: Naked Femininity Poetry

Posted on April 6, 2021April 8, 2021

A Poem about a Helpful Emotion

I felt rage in my dream and even as I write those words I grimace because people say (especially in the Midwest) “Anger isn’t a pretty thing!” It declines to…

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Posted on April 2, 2021April 3, 2021

I put lipstick on to write

and as soon as I sank into my chair I caught sight of my mouth in the mirror. The red didn’t have any business being there and as I opened…

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Posted on May 19, 2019May 19, 2019

Keep Your Eyes on the Road (and your sh*t to yourself)

You shout out the window as you drive alongside you lean greedily in followed by lustful eye saying, “but that ass, girl!” across intersection as I push my way through…

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Posted on April 11, 2019April 11, 2019

Bilingual

I’m reading all the books and somehow I don’t have all the answers.   There’s a pinch in my heart, a weight on my chest, and the thump in its…

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Posted on February 8, 2019February 9, 2019

Exposure

I am naked standing in front of his camera as he repositions the tripod.   Moments earlier, I was alone in my apartment draped in a bathrobe an old lover…

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Posted on January 27, 2019February 12, 2019

Skin Speaks

I was born with this freckle gentle on my nose this mole taking hold on my side: bound to decompose. ‘Cause nothing lasts forever even tattoos’ printed ink.   No,…

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Posted on January 17, 2019January 18, 2019

Her Sex

Sitting across from my naked body I can’t help but ask her why why she thinks so much about her sex.   Why she dreams up vibrancy and creates stories…

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Posted on December 22, 2018December 22, 2018

I am.

I am a woman. I live where I live. I put myself first so that I can support me. I am resourceful. And brave. I break down to cry so…

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